Last night's debate missed the mark. Black Americans thrive in every industry, breaking boundaries and redefining excellence. We are not confined to any one #BlackJob.
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“The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you’ll get action.” - Malcolm X #criticalthinking
The litigants, who have falsely framed #affirmativeaction as anti-Asian before the Supreme Court, have been silent about—or supportive of—a real anti-Asian threat in the United States: laws prohibiting Asian nationals from owning U.S. land. 1/
I finally understand why I got so many job rejections - it’s bc God was behind the scenes creating the perfect position for me. I’m proud to announce that I’ll be joining the @virginia_tech family as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Africana Studies & Technology! #StreetScholar
Me: Posts a tweet critical of the so-called “school choice” movement
Them: Charter schools have to accept everyone just like traditional public
Me: There are fifty ways to accept a student on paper & push them out in practice
It is with an extremely heavy heart that we have to report that Jacqueline "Cookie" Hamer Flakes passed away today. She was 56.
Jackie was the last living child of Pap and Fannie Lou Hamer.
I'm excited to share another new publication titled "Conjuring the Devil: Historicizing Attacks
on Critical Race Theory," published in Thresholds in Education. This one is extra special b/c I got to collaborate w/ my friend @klhenryjr & 2 dope doc students @cdgreer_ & Mark White
A Mississippi woman's life has been transformed by a treatment for sickle cell disease with the gene-editing technique CRISPR. All her symptoms from a disease once thought incurable have disappeared. https://t.co/1bQpa98O4J
A Louisville police officer allowed his dog to attack a 14-year-old Black child who was not resisting. As the dog “gnawed” on the child's arm, the officer said “stop fighting my dog,” the DOJ detailed in a new bombshell report.
https://t.co/gc2LpaNqXr
#tdih 1968, Howard University students took over Admin Bdg with demands around discipline policies & African-American history courses.
One of many stories left out when textbooks end the Civil Rights Movement in 1965.
More + '68 doc, "Color Us Black"⬇️
https://t.co/9ZufVoimwE
I don't know why this hasn't received more publicity, but this fifty-foot sculpture was unveiled recently in South Dakota.
It's called 'Dignity' and was done by artist Dale Lamphere to honor the women of the Sioux Nation.